DINING ON THE PRAIRIE Chicken and Dressing

 SLOW COOKING all day long and by evening 

there is a nice, hot meal to savor.

d

Crockpot needed.
2 Chicken Breast
Chicken Broth
Stuffing Mix
Cream of Chicken Soup
1 cup of water


Place Chicken Breast in crockpot.
Mix the rest of the ingredients and pour over Chicken Breast.
Heat on high for two hours then lower temp to low for the rest of the time.
Delicious after all day cooking.

Clean as you go.

DINING ON THE PRAIRIE Tacos

TACOS

Delicious any day of the week.

Blessings to you,

d

DINING ON THE PRAIRIE Fried Chicken, Potato Salad and Baked Beans

A very quiet Memorial Day for us at HOME.

Dining On The Prairie was memorable.

Fried Chicken, Potato Salad and Baked Beans.

Extra chocolate Brownies for dessert.

We are so very BLESSED to be able to stay safely HOME

taking in many thoughts about what others have done serving for our country.

WE have freedoms in our wonderful country.

God Bless America.

 May God's grace continue to shed abroad on this great land 
and in our hearts,

d

THURSDAY THOUGHTS

LONG DAY.  We traveled to the courthouse in a different community to drop off a payment for this years car tags.  Tis different this year as one cannot enter the courthouse due to Covid 19.  Dropped the payment off and then the tag sticker will be mailed to us.  Doing things by mail these days in so many ways.  Tis doable just like in the pioneer days by mail and stagecoach.  Love it knowing that we can do this.  

The scenery is so green and lush this time of year.  Our little car was acting up so when he looked under the car, Hubby said there was an oil leak.  We traveled HOME and switched cars to find out that under the hood of our good car a packrat had made a nest.

PACK RATS will destroy your car.  A PACK RAT.  They are something else.  Get them out of the hood of the car.  The nest was cleaned out and we left for our next stop.   

We journeyed to TOPEKA.  Nice day for an outing.  We went to TUESDAY MORNING looking for new 96" curtains for the French doors.  Adding some privacy for us in the evenings.  We wore our masks and gloves.  If my shopping is quick I do alright, but if I stay longer than 20 minutes, I have trouble breathing and fogging up my glasses.

I had read that the TUESDAY MORNING stores in my area will be closing.  I could cry.  I sure like these shoppes.  Whaaaah.  We get our thin ginger snaps there.  I have purchased everything from bedding to curtains, rods, make-up, dishes, china, clothing, crystal, toys, soap, candy, food, to stationery to you name it and I have purchased it over the years.  Rugs, carpet, suitcases, toilet bowl cleaning brushes, decorations, dolls.  My heart sinks a little bit as I type this.   

Walking through the store knowing that this will probably be my last visit to this particular location made me sigh.  HUBBY checked us out so I could go cool off in the car waiting for him.  We had a nice shopping experienced.  Cooled off and went to SAMS.  Mask back on and gloves.  I headed for the coffee pods, cups and bottled water as HUBBY went to select vegetables and a little meat.

We met up, checked out and went home.  Had supper and now I am exhausted.  Have to rest.  Think I will journey via computer back to COWTOWN in WICHITA.  I love the MURDOCK HOUSE.  

While surfing on the computer and Hubby watching a movie...it happened.  Earlier in the day he took the bat repellant box that was in the screened in porch and relocated it to be by the good car to ward off PACKRATS.  Welp...we had the French door open to let inside fresh air.  A bat had entered the porch and well hello there appeared a brown bat flying about out living room.  I jumped up saying, "Jesus, Help us."  He did.  My Husband ushered the bat back into the porch area.  He shut the door and I stood there shaking.  Makes me weak in the knees.  A deep sigh.  I HATE BATS.  I didn't sleep the best.  I didn't sleep.  This is the time of year that the bats come looking for places to nest and have pups.  I'm not a fan.

So our day was challenging.  Oil issues and wondering if we'd get home.  Packrat under the hood of our good car.  Shopping with mask.  Ended the night with a bat flying around the room.  Never again.

Blessings to you,

d  

The Little Red Hen

2020 BOUQUET

HEAVY RAINS down poured buckets of moisture which caused irises to topple over resting on the ground.  Dear HUBBY was so sweet to make some bouquets for me to admire inside the house.  I absolutely adore them.  He's very special as well!

IN LOVE with nature this side of SPRING.

Blessings to you,

d

OUR 2020 YARD FULL OF IRISES

Welcome to our 2020 SPRING yard.  This year was especially an exciting time for me as we did not know which Irises would bloom and where.  Like a Christmas surprise especially during this pandemic where we hunkered down in our shelter  waiting for blossoms making it well worth the wait.  I enjoyed each blossom.  There are more to come as the buds indicate.

Perhaps in July when bulbs are planted some will be relocated and grouped together making a stronger color statement and blended family type.  When there are larger groupings that bush  together, my heart sings.  A delightful sight for enhancing the garden.  

For the time being this is it.

Blessings to you,

d